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Ana Paula Belo
Rodrigues Belo in 2020.
Personal information
Full name Ana Paula Rodrigues Belo
Born (1987-10-18) 18 October 1987 (age 37)
São Luís, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Handball Erice
Number 9
Senior clubs
Years Team
 A.A.G. Maru
–2007
 Guarulhos
2007–2008
 BM Roquetas de Mar
2008–2009
 Elche Mustang
2009–2011
 Elda Prestigio
2011–2014
 Hypo Niederösterreich
2014–2016
 CSM București
2016–2020
 Rostov-Don
2020–2021
 Chambray
2021–2022
 HC Dunărea Brăila
2022-2023
 SCM Craiova
2023-2024
 Handball Erice
2024
 Rocasa Gran Canaria
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005-2024
 Brazil 243 (836)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Serbia
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Team
Pan American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Brazil
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dominican Republic
Gold medal – first place 2017 Argentina
South and Central American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Paraguay
Gold medal – first place 2022 Argentina
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción Team
South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Argentina
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 16 January 2025

Ana Paula Rodrigues Belo (née Rodrigues; born 18 October 1987) is a Brazilian former handball player. She played for the Brazilian national team.[1] In 2013 she won the World Championship; the first time ever for Brazil and South America.[2]

Career

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In Brazil

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Ana Paula Rodrigues Belo began playing handball in 2001. In 2006 she started her profesional career at Guarulhos.[3]

In Spain

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In the summer of 2007 she signed a contract with the Spanish team BM Puertodulce Roquetas.[4] One season later she joined Elche Mustang.[5] In the 2008-09 season she scored 246 goals, and was thus a big part of the team's first ever qualification for the EHF European League.

The following season she joined Elda Prestigio.[6] Here she reached the final of the 2010 EHF Cup, where they lost to Danish side Randers HK.[7]

In Austria

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In 2011 she joined Hypo Niederösterreich, which had recently signed a cooperation agreement with the Brazilian Handball Confederation.[8] Here she won the Austrian League and Cup double all three seasons she played at the club.

First period in Romania

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In 2014 she joined Romanian CSM București together with Brazilian team mate Fernanda da Silva.[9] Together with three other Brazilian players she won the Romanian National League in 2015, which was the first in club history.[10]

In her second season at the club she won the league for a second time in 2016, and this time she also won the Romanian cup and the 2016 Champions League, beating Hungarian Gyor in the final.[11]

In Russia

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In 2016 she joined Russian team Rostov-Don.[12] Here she won the 2016-17 EHF Cup.[13] She also won the Russian Super League in both 2017 and 2018.

In France

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In January 2020 she joined French team Chambray Touraine Handball.[14]

Second period in Romania

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After 1.5 seasons in France she joined HC Dunărea Brăila.[15] A season later she joined SCM Craiova.[16]

In Italy

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In the 2023-24 season, she played for Italian team Handball Erice.[17]

Return to Spain

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In 2024 she signed for Rocasa Gran Canaria.[18] Her contract initially ran until 2026, but the club released her already in December 2024 after she was injured.[19]

National team

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Ana Paula Rodrigues Belo debuted for the Brazilian national team in 2005. At the 2011 Pan American Games she won gold medals, beating Argentina in the final.[20]

She has represented Brazil at 4 olympics, in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020.

She also represented Brazil at 8 World Championships, in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27] She won the 2013 edition, where she scored 39 goals.[28][2]

She also won the Pan American Championship three times, in 2011, 2013 and 2017. In 2013 she was selected for the all star team.[29]

In 2021 she won the 2021 South and Central American Championship.[30] A year later she won the 2022 South American Games, beating the surprise of the tournament, Paraguay in the final.[31]

In 2023 she one another gold medal at the Pan American Games.[32]

Achievements

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Individual awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Ana Paula Rodrigues Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Brazil World Champions for the first time". ihf.info. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Quatro atletas maranhenses competem nas Olimpíadas de Londres" (in Portuguese). oimparcial.com.br. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Ana Paula Rodrigues, nuevo fichaje de BM Puertodulce Roquetas" (in Spanish). teleprensa.com. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Vícar Goya se enfrenta a BM Elche Mustang en el primer partido de temporada de la División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano "Liga ABF"" (in Spanish). teleprensa.com. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Una campeona del mundo con la firma Elche Mustang" (in Spanish). elchediario.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  7. ^ "El Elda Prestigio roza la machada ante el Randers" (in Spanish). Marca. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Hypo Niederösterreich tanzt Samba total" (in German). noen.at. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Bukarest plant nach Komplettumbau mit Millionenetat" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  10. ^ Sarbescu, Simona (19 April 2023). "Estrellas del balonmano: CSM Bucarest y Cristina Neagu" (in European Spanish). Radio Rumanía Internacional. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Gullden touch leads CSM to a maiden trophy after a shootout thriller". ehfcl.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  12. ^ "ГК "Ростов-Дон" и Ана Паула Родригес подписали контракт" (in Russian). russianhandball.ru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Rostov Don win Women's EHF Cup 2016/2017!". Handball Planet. 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Ana Paula Rodrigues, renfort de choix pour le CTHB" (in French). lanouvellerepublique.fr. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Ana Paula Rodrigues a semnat cu Dunărea Brăila un contract pe 2 ani. Brazilianca are în palmares titlul mondial și Liga Campionilor" (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Devenim din ce în ce mai puternici! Ana Paula Rodrigues a semnat cu SCM Craiova" (in Romanian). gds.ro. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Nuovo doppio colpo per l'Handball Erice, Manojlovic e Rodrigues Belo" (in Italian). blogsicilia.it. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  18. ^ "El Remudas ficha a la leyenda brasileña Ana Paula Rodrigues" (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  19. ^ "Acuerdo de Rescisión entre Ana Paula Rodrigues y el Rocasa Gran Canaria" (in Spanish). balonmanoremudas.es. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  20. ^ "Women's Gold Medal Match". info.guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  21. ^ "Cumulative Statistics (2009)" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  22. ^ "Cumulative Statistics (2011)" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  23. ^ "Cumulative Statistics (2013)" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  24. ^ "23th IHF Women's World Championship 2017: Brazil" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  25. ^ "24th IHF Women's World Championship 2019: Brazil" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  26. ^ "25th IHF Women's World Championship 2021: Brazil" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  27. ^ "26th IHF Women's World Championship: Brazil" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  28. ^ "GOALSCORERS (top 40)" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  29. ^ a b "Pela oitava vez, Brasil levanta a taça do Campeonato Pan-Americano Feminino". brasilhandebol.com.br (in Portuguese). Brazilian Handball Confederation. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  30. ^ "Brasilien Meister in Süd-/Zentralamerika: Letzte Tickets für Handball-Weltmeisterschaft vergeben" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  31. ^ "Titel für Brasiliens Handballfrauen, Paraguay überrascht" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  32. ^ "Panamerika-Spiele Frauen: Brasilien schnappt sich das Ticket zu Olympia 2024" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  33. ^ "We are the champions! CSM a câștigat Bucharest Trophy 2014" (in Romanian). bucharest-trophy.ro. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
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